I meant to post this some time ago but it slipped away until today that i found a recommendation from youtube...
So, I meant to say about this
On some countries, it is normal for kids to go outside and to the convenience store, or to play, or just to sit on their doorstep on their own, without adult supervition
But, it does seem like in the west, this is not possible at all, and it can result in the cops showing up and all sorts of legal issues, with possibly kids being taken away...
But, why?
When i was a kid, i would travel like 2 kilometers every day just to buy magazines or other stuff i wanted, and then return home on my bike along with other friends and nothing would be wrong, and that was like 14+ years ago..
But from all i've seen in the past 5 years, including a video where a mom had to leave her kid playing on a park while she was working and the cops took the kid away, this is not possible at all anymore on the western countries?
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/21/l...nts/index.htmlMom accused of leaving child in park
It seems like a big issue, not sure what to think about it really. In the last link the kid was 9 years old, why is this so different than being 9 years old in Japan, Russia, China or South Korea for example?
"Free range kids" is a concept on the US for example, to me it equals "normal life", and it's a problem because someone may disagreee and call the cops on you because your chickens are running around freely, without a cage to hold them in
In Japan, "chickens" go to school on their own starting on first grade, and they are supposed to take the train to get there, switch stations sometimes, and know their way back, all on their own. They are also expected to go buy some food at close shops, all of these things at 6 years old.
In the US or other countries, why does it seem to be the norm that a "chiken" can't be self suficient at 11/12 years old?
As a person note, when i went to live on the US at first, my sis was still small, and i was told in a very direct and specific way "never lose sight of her, she may go missing any time if you don't care for her" and it caused me terrible mental and emotional issues, down to hovering over her all day, constantly calling her when she was on another room and i had not heard from her in 20/30 minutes or so, and jumping out of my room in panic when she did not reply and almost running only to find her sleeping in the living room couch...
Or going to the movies or other places and suddenly not seeing her around, and having that terrible feeling she may have been "taken away" and oh well
That's ridiculous i think, it caused mental issues for some time, and i found it terrible repressing and irreversible in many ways, as in she lost a lot of experience in life by being caged next to me because she was not allowed to be on her own ever
Chiken or the egg? What started first?
Why is this not a thing on Russia, or Japan, or China mostly? or other countries in that area? Even here on Mexico, kids go buy stuff all days without any problem, as long as they ask their parents if they can go, sometimes the parents watch from the window and sometimes they don't, but this is like when kids are around 8 years old, and at around 10/11 you can see them all over the place on their own, no issues. They already know how to take care of themselves at that age
To me, the tone of the people talking on those videos, as if "look at this wonder!" is hilarious.. "Look at him walk! as if he was already a normal human being! And ladies and Gentlement, he has just swapped that train commuter card on his own!"
What do you think about this?